Acer TravelMate 310 User Guide - Page 37

Storage

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310-e.book Page 17 Tuesday, October 27, 1998 5:17 PM Storage Storage This computer comes with a high-capacity Enhanced-IDE hard disk. You can also connect an external 3.5-inch, 1.44MB floppy drive to your computer. Hard Disk The removable hard disk module can be upgraded when you need more storage space. See "Hard Disk Upgrade" on page 60. External Drive The computer can share the parallel port with both a printer and an external floppy drive. It can automatically detect whether a printing device or a floppy drive has been inserted. You can connect these two devices together using an optional parallel cable (See "Parallel Cable" on page 57). External 3.5-inch floppy drives come with a capacity of 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB. You can also connect an external PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to the computer. See "External PCMCIA CD-ROM (optional)" on page 54 for more inforamtion on connecting an external CD-ROM. Chapter 1 Getting Familiar with your Computer 17

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Storage
Chapter 1
Getting Familiar with your Computer
17
Storage
This computer comes with a high-capacity Enhanced-IDE
hard disk.
You can also connect an external 3.5-inch,
1.44MB floppy drive to your computer.
Hard Disk
The removable hard disk module can be upgraded when
you need more storage space.
See “Hard Disk Upgrade” on
page 60.
External Drive
The computer can share the parallel port with both a
printer and an external floppy drive.
It can automatically
detect whether a printing device or a floppy drive has been
inserted.
You can connect these two devices together using
an optional parallel cable (See “Parallel Cable” on page 57).
External 3.5-inch floppy drives come with a capacity of
720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB.
You can also connect an external PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to
the computer.
See “External PCMCIA CD-ROM (optional)”
on page 54 for more inforamtion on connecting an external
CD-ROM.
310-e.book
Page 17
Tuesday, October 27, 1998
5:17 PM